Here we see an upstart idol daring to challenge convention and adopt the same avant garde fashion which has garnered bikini supermodel Aya Hirano so much fame: Aya Style. Her career looks promising indeed…

Fans voiced opinions of comedy anime ヒャッコ / Hyakko which ranged from unenthusiastic to harshly critical, with the second episode now drawing fire for an apparent nosedive in the quality of the animation, as well as the scathing evaluation of “原作レイプ”, or raep of the original source manga.

The latest gravure photo shoot undertaken by comedy idol and one time seiyuu Aya Hirano was published in Shonen Champion recently and is visible below. Idol watchers will notice that she seems to have suspended her career as bikini model with nary a word…

The latest development in the career of avant-garde bikini model Aya Hirano is a spot of gravure for Weekly Shonen Sunday. She eschews her usual stylish bikini for chaste pouting and smiling at the camera, as you can see below.

PS3 owning RPG fans will be interested to hear that popular musically themed RPG トラスティベル 〜ショパンの夢〜 ルプリーズ / Trusty Bell ~Chopin no Yume~ Reprise, or Eternal Sonata – Reprise, to give it its rather better English title, has just been released in Japan for the PS3, with the English language release due in mid October.

Nobody, it seems, is safe from a humiliating bikini accident of the like pioneered by famous bikini model and onetime seiyuu Aya Hirano; in this illustration we see even Haruhi favourite Yuki Nagato has fallen victim to a similar tragedy, in what is dubbed “Yuki Style”, or else has daringly chosen to adopt what Aya Hirano fans insist is an avant-garde fashion move too ahead of its times to be accepted.

It looks as if top idol and one time seiyuu Aya Hirano has been temporarily (she might hope) reduced to the level of laughingstock, with her recent upside down bikini accident receiving continued attention, even spreading to the overseas mass media.